Texas senior John Shebat finally came out on top. After finishing second in the 100 and 200 the last two years, he finally broke through for his first individual NCAA title in the 200 back on Saturday night at the 2019 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Austin, Texas. Shebat went out hard and swam a 1:36.42 as he held off sophomore teammate Austin Katz (1:36.45). Katz almost ran Shebat down as the two Longhorns went 1-2 in their home pool.
This is the second event in a row that the runner-up the last two seasons ended up breaking through for their first title. Michigan’s Felix Aubock was second in the 1650 in 2017 and 2018 and won his first NCAA title in the preceding event.
Shebat and Katz moved up to second and third all-time in the 200 back with their swims as Shebat was out under Ryan Murphy’s NCAA and American Record pace.
Cal’s Bryce Mefford (1:38.65) finished in third for the Golden Bears as Cal also had Daniel Carr (1:39.33) place fifth in the final.
NC State’s Coleman Stewart (1:38.81), who placed second twice on Friday night, placed fourth for the Wolfpack.
Florida’s Clark Beach (1:39.68), Hawaii’s Kane Follows (1:40.14) and Arizona State’s Zachary Poti (1:40.38) also swam in the A-Final.
Texas now has nine 200 back NCAA titles, the second most of any school. Shebat joins the likes of Rick Carey (1982-84), Doug Gjertsen (1987), Nate Dusing (2001), Aaron Peirsol (2003-04) and Katz (2018) as winners of the event for the Longhorns.
All-Time List:
- Ryan Murphy, Cal, 1:35.73 (2016)
- John Shebat, Texas, 1:36.42 (2019)
- Austin Katz, Texas, 1:36.45 (2019)
- Ryan Lochte, Florida, 1:36.81 (2006)
- Tyler Clary, Michigan, 1:37.58 (2009)
- Patrick Mulcare, USC, 1:37.80 (2017)
- Arkady Vyatchanin, NYAC, 1:37.87 (2013)
- Eugene Godsoe, Stanford, 1:38.21 (2012)
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Event 16 Men 200 Yard Backstroke
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NCAA: N 1:35.73 26-Mar-16 Ryan Murphy, California
Meet: M 1:35.73 26-Mar-16 Ryan Murphy, California
American: A 1:35.73 26-Mar-16 Ryan Murphy, California
U. S. Open: O 1:35.73 26-Mar-16 Ryan Murphy, California
Pool: P 1:37.35 Ryan Murphy
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Shebat, John SR Texas 1:37.97 1:36.42P 20
r:+0.68 22.06 46.03 (23.97)
1:10.86 (24.83) 1:36.42 (25.56)
2 Katz, Austin SO Texas 1:37.72 1:36.45P 17
r:+0.69 22.53 46.69 (24.16)
1:11.32 (24.63) 1:36.45 (25.13)
3 Mefford, Bryce SO California 1:38.95 1:38.65 16
r:+0.66 23.37 48.21 (24.84)
1:13.38 (25.17) 1:38.65 (25.27)
4 Stewart, Coleman JR NC State 1:39.29 1:38.81 15
r:+0.70 23.09 47.84 (24.75)
1:12.95 (25.11) 1:38.81 (25.86)
5 Carr, Daniel SO California 1:38.56 1:39.33 14
r:+0.58 23.29 48.18 (24.89)
1:13.74 (25.56) 1:39.33 (25.59)
6 Beach, Clark SO Florida 1:39.37 1:39.68 13
r:+0.65 23.73 48.91 (25.18)
1:14.34 (25.43) 1:39.68 (25.34)
7 Follows, Kane JR Hawaii 1:39.15 1:40.14 12
r:+0.71 23.84 48.64 (24.80)
1:14.20 (25.56) 1:40.14 (25.94)
8 Poti, Zachary JR Arizona St 1:39.09 1:40.38 11
r:+0.74 23.32 48.72 (25.40)
1:14.78 (26.06) 1:40.38 (25.60)
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 16 1. California 433 2. Texas 379 3. Indiana 301.5 4. NC State 237 5. Louisville 168 6. Florida 156 7. Alabama 110 8. Harvard 98 9. Virginia 92 10. Stanford 90 11. Missouri 88 12. Tennessee 83 13. Michigan 82 14. Southern Cali 81 15. Arizona 72 16. Texas A&M 71 17. Florida St 66 18. Georgia 64 19. Ohio St 56 20. Arizona St 47.5 21. Minnesota 45 22. Purdue 38 23. University of Miami 30 24. Georgia Tech 29 25. Penn 18 25. South Carolina 18 27. Duke 17 27. Penn St 17 29. Grand Canyon 16 30. Hawaii 15 31. Columbia University 14 32. Kentucky 11 33. Lsu 9 34. Notre Dame 7 34. Missouri St 7 34. Wisconsin 7 37. Auburn 6 37. Virginia Tech 6 37. Princeton 6 40. Navy 4 41. Towson 2 42. Denver 1
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